Tongs for lifting batteries



Apr. l0; 1923.

1,451,185: W F STAGGERS Q TONGS FOR LIFTING BATTERIES Fild May 12", 1921 Patented Apr.10,l923. v l r WILLIAM F. STAGGERS, MANNINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA.

TONGS FOR LIFTING BATTERIES. 7

Application filed May 12, 1921. Serial No. 468,916.

To aZZ whom it may concern: justing both tong members to engage the Be it known that I, .VILLLAM F. STAeGnRs, article of any size, without the necessity of; a citizen of the United States, resldmg at taking hold of the tong members themselves.

Mannington, in the county of Marion and By reason of thisarrangement the device State of West Virginia. have invented a new i is much more easily adjusted than tongs of and useful Tongs for Lifting Batteries, of conventional type. i which the following is a specification. What I claim is The object of my invention is to provide 1. In tongs of the class described. the'coma novel type of tongs, having the novel lazy bination of tong members having outtongs extension, which permits of convenwardly turned hook ends, a handle on which ient operation or" the device for engaging the tong arms are pivotally mounted, and and lifting articles of various size, such as lazy tongs extension on the ends of the tong illustrated in the accompanying drawings, elements by means of which the tongs may in which be readily adjusted for picking up articles 15 Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device of different size said tong arms having only in use; v one point of pivotal attachment to the handle Fig. 2 is a perspective view; and and permitting the handle to be swung tree Fig. 3 is a detail edge elevational view of from the outer portion of the lazy tongs exthe handle member. tension. i

20 Like characters designate like parts in 2. In tongs of the class described,the comeach of the several views. bination of a handle member having spaced Referring to the accompanying drawings, approximately parallel arms, tong arms piv- I provide the lifting arms 1 and 2 having otally mounted on the handle member,'links like outwardly turned hook ends 9. Arms pivotally attached to the ends of the tong 1 and 2 are pivotally attached by mean of elements and to each other, and fOrlnillg a pivot 3 to the spaced approximately parallel lazy tongs extension between the arms of arms 4 of the handle 5. I provide links 6 the handle said tong arms having only one pivoted to each other by pivot and pivpoint of pivotal attachment to the handle to otally attached by pivots S to the respective ermit f its bein swung free from the 30 g bers 1 and 2, thus forming a lazy outer portion of the lazy tongs extension for tongs element movable between the spaced manual adjustment thereof.

arms a of handle 5. 3. Tongs for lifting batteries, comprising The operation otfthe invention is illuspivoted tong arms, a lazytongs extension trated in Figs. 1 and 2. The hook ends 9 means pivotally mounted on the ends of said are hooked on to the handles or other suitarms, and a handle to which the main tong able portions of the battery B or other ararms are pivotally mounted at a single pivot ticle to be lifted, the to members 1 and 2 point spaced from their ends, to permit the A: l n I being spread apart the required distance by lazy tong elements to move to a position in pressing on the end of the lazy tong elements proximity to the handle when the device is 40 with the hand as indicated in Fig. 2, thus in use, substantially as set forth.

providing a convenient means of quickly ad- WILLIAM F. STAG-GEES. 

